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Alumni Accomplishments

Michael Maddin, '65, was selected again for inclusion in "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business." He is president emeritus and founder of Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & Heller PC, and represents the firm's Real Estate Group.May 14, 2013

Peter Maceroni, '65, was named as one of the metropolitan area's top circuit court judges by DBusiness magazine in its January/February 2014 edition. The top judges were selected via a poll of 18,200 attorneys. Maceroni is a circuit court judge in Macomb County.February 10, 2014

Michael Maddin, '65, of Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller PC has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 in the area of Real Estate Law.
August 19, 2014

Peter Maceroni, '65, retired as judge of Macomb County Circuit Court after 24 years on the bench. He will be replaced by his son, James Maceroni, Wayne Law class of 2000, who was elected to the bench in November.December 26, 2014

Paul Rosen, '64, was selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America 2013" as the Detroit Lawyer of the Year in the field of personal injury law. He is with Mindell Malin Kutinsky Stone and Blatnikoff in Southfield. He has served as president of the Michigan Trial Lawyer's Association and president of the American Board of Trial Attorneys and is a member of Wayne Law's Board of Visitors. Rosen has taught at various law schools including Wayne State University, University of Michigan, University of Detroit and New York University.
April 28, 2014

Shelden Winkelman, '63, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 in the area of Real Estate Law. He is with Honigman and has been named for the honor since the inception of Best Lawyers 30 years ago.September 5, 2014

Eugene Driker, '61, was selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America 2013" in the field of commercial litigation, ethics and professional responsibility law, antitrust litigation and "bet-the-company" litigation. He has been recognized for more than 20 years. He is a member with Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC.October 8, 2012

Eugene Driker, '61, was presented with the Distinguished Service Award by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He is a member with Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC.November 30, 2012

Eugene Driker, '61, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Driker, who has been included in the publication for more than 20 years, was named 2014 Detroit Litigation - Antitrust Lawyer of the Year. He was recognized for excellence in "Bet-the-Company" Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law. Driker also was recognized for excellence in Antitrust Litigation. He is a member with Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC.August 23, 2013

Frank Viviano, '61, and his family were named the 2013 Columbus Day honorees of the year in Macomb County. An attorney since 1962, Viviano has served as the assistant Macomb County prosecuting attorney, director of the Organized Crime Division, Macomb County Probate judge, and as the Macomb County Circuit Court judge since 2003. He and his wife Alice Marie have seven children.
September 19, 2013

Eugene Driker, '61, was named as Detroit Antitrust Litigation Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. He is a founding member of Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC, was recently appointed as a special mediator in the city of Detroit bankruptcy, and is a member of the Board of Governors at Wayne State University.March 3, 2014

Eugene Driker, '61, of Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC was awarded the Julian Abele Cook Jr. - Bernard A. Friedman FBA Civility Award for 2014 by the Federal Bar Association's Eastern District of Michigan Chapter. The annual award recognizes a civil practitioner who is an outstanding example of professional excellence and civility. Driker is a founding member of BSD&D who specializes in complex business and antitrust litigation and in corporate and business counseling. He was appointed as a special mediator in the city of Detroit bankruptcy and is also a member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors.June 25, 2014

Eugene Driker, '61, of Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC was named to the Top 10 and the Top 100 list by Michigan Super Lawyers magazine.September 19, 2014

Eugene Driker, '61, and his wife, Elaine, have been honored with the George W. Romney Award for Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism. He a founding partner at Detroit-based Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC, and has served on the Board of Governors for Wayne State University for 12 years.October 27, 2014

Eugene Driker, '61, was honored with the WSU College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Advocacy Award. He is a founding partner at Detroit-based Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC, and has served on the Board of Governors for Wayne State University for 12 years.March 24, 2015

Harold Hood, '59, on Nov. 6 will receive the ninth annual Dennis W. Archer Award for Public Service presented by the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation. A lifelong Michigander, Hood has spent his adult life serving the community as a soldier, attorney, public servant, educator, and as Chief Judge Pro Tem of the Michigan Court of Appeals.October 21, 2013

Damon Keith, '56, (LL.M.) will be honored May 1 with a 2013 Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit. The award will be presented in Washington, D.C., during Law Day 2013 by the Washington Bar Association and the Washington Bar Association Educational Foundation. Criteria for the annual award include a jurisprudence that recognizes law as an organism for social justice through social engineering; impels and challenges people to leadership and service for the betterment of the human race, and serves and operates to disrobe and destroy the human-perceived encumbrances and trappings of birth, origin, color, creed or religion. A native Detroiter, Keith has served as a Court of Appeals judge since 1977. Before that, he was chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Keith, for whom the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School is named, is known for vigorously enforcing the nation's civil rights laws, most notably in the areas of employment and education.
April 29, 2013

Damon J. Keith, '56, (LL.M.), was honored at West Virginia State University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1943, when the school's new residence hall was christened the Judge Damon J. Keith Scholars Hall in his honor. He has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit since 1977. He's been awarded the NAACP's highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, written a number of notable court decisions, been the subject of a biography (to be released Nov. 1), and made a name for himself as an defender of constitutional and civil rights. The Law School's Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights also is named in his honor.
September 23, 2013